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the unemployment rate should come down. and president obama is exactly right. focusing on the people at the lower end here. you fix and help the people at the lower end by getting the economy going again. you're exactly right. and the psychologically for the democrats and republicans, it's so important that there be some consensus. you get paul ryan here with his charts, and it looks like the world is going to end at some point. and you need to get everyone onboard to the idea, no, the world is not going to end. >> andrea, i was on capitol hill this weekend. you get a sense that a lot of the gun legislation is not going to be successful. immigration reform is moving at pace. they are having very constructive conversations, republicans and democrats together. the entitlement piece is going to be hard, whether the president wants to go very far on medicare. he has liberals saying don't do it, don't raise the retirement age. so how do these pieces come together here in the next three, four, five months? >> that is exactly the question. when he even suggested raisi
the unemployment rate should come down. and president obama is exactly right. focusing on the people at the lower end here. you fix and help the people at the lower end by getting the economy going again. you're exactly right. and the psychologically for the democrats and republicans, it's so important that there be some consensus. you get paul ryan here with his charts, and it looks like the world is going to end at some point. and you need to get everyone onboard to the idea, no, the world is...
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we want to shut down obama care. >> what is the end game for these groups? october 1st being the big date. >> i think right now really it's going to be determining what this debate is, not letting democrats and president obama to find the debate but go on the offensive and turn it around and say it's not the gop that wants to shut down the government. it's president obama. interesting thing with heritage action they kick off their town hall tour in arkansas. they are out there. if you look at the numbers of health care coverage in that area it doesn't bear out. in a community that is serviced by the community clinic, you've got 90% of their client base at a household income of 200% under the federal poverty level and 40% of their clients don't have insurance. while this may be good politics and it really rallies up the base, you have to look at the policy and how, in fact, these people that need insurance are going to be covered. don't hear a lot of those positive gop solutions. >> there is confusion out there. politico is pointing out that opposition to oba
we want to shut down obama care. >> what is the end game for these groups? october 1st being the big date. >> i think right now really it's going to be determining what this debate is, not letting democrats and president obama to find the debate but go on the offensive and turn it around and say it's not the gop that wants to shut down the government. it's president obama. interesting thing with heritage action they kick off their town hall tour in arkansas. they are out there. if...
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about 35 people came over to me and said don't fund obama care. i asked each one should we shut down the government not to get it? only one said yes. this is a small group of people who want the extreme position of potentially risking social security payments or the job of the highway worker. all kinds of safety provisions that the government does to achieve an ideological goal that is not achievable. ted cruz is out there on that and it's getting sawed off. >> two things likely to get attached to this two-month period. this idea of repealing the tax on medical devices and the second possible thing they could add has to do with members of congress and staff being put into the same rules and getting rid of the waiver that i think the president would give having to do with health care. can you or the senate support that? >> no, there is talk of other writers to put on once the on, bama care fails. they won't be able to put the writers on this bill. woe made that clear. we are not going to negotiate. >> no writers? >> the bottom line is this. this is
about 35 people came over to me and said don't fund obama care. i asked each one should we shut down the government not to get it? only one said yes. this is a small group of people who want the extreme position of potentially risking social security payments or the job of the highway worker. all kinds of safety provisions that the government does to achieve an ideological goal that is not achievable. ted cruz is out there on that and it's getting sawed off. >> two things likely to get...
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slow down and grill. >>> all right disrupters. we specifically wanted to know, do you agree with the obama administrationes a decision to begin arming the syrian rebels. as promised, we wanted to share some of your responses. charlene in washington state says quote insanity, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. will we be arming the next osama bin laden? a very good question and one that a lot of people have been asking. michael from utah agrees that we should think twice before getting involved. he said, quote, i would love to see this government spend the money on infrastructure and rebuilding our our country. if we are strong at home, we will be strong in the world. ruthy says peace talks and diplomacy. if we can't make peace, what good are we? and david said within quote, potus should be extremely cautious about syria. we don't know who the resistance represents. also, where's israel? this is a lot of the conversation going on. please keep the great comments coming. keep looking for us on facebo
slow down and grill. >>> all right disrupters. we specifically wanted to know, do you agree with the obama administrationes a decision to begin arming the syrian rebels. as promised, we wanted to share some of your responses. charlene in washington state says quote insanity, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. will we be arming the next osama bin laden? a very good question and one that a lot of people have been asking. michael from utah agrees that we...
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a joint sit down interview on 60 minutes this sunday with president obama. as secretary clinton transitions from public life to private life, anything she does will be studied for blues to her future and a potential presidential run. a joint appearance with the president can only add to the speculation. ed rendell is former goff of pennsylvania and msnbc analyst and marjorie margot lis is a professor at the university of pennsylvania. she's also -- her son, by the way, mark, is married to chelsea clinton. i don't know which one of you knows more about the clintons. i'm going to take a guess and go to marjorie. professor, don't laugh. i'm trying to figure this out. i thought secretary clinton was a smash hit this week and she was lucky -- >> she was magnificent. >> the jackals made her look even better. they may have gotten her passions up once or twice but didn't hurt her a bit. my sense is this, what do you make of the relationship between the president personified or pictured by the fact that i have never heard of a president of the united states sharing t
a joint sit down interview on 60 minutes this sunday with president obama. as secretary clinton transitions from public life to private life, anything she does will be studied for blues to her future and a potential presidential run. a joint appearance with the president can only add to the speculation. ed rendell is former goff of pennsylvania and msnbc analyst and marjorie margot lis is a professor at the university of pennsylvania. she's also -- her son, by the way, mark, is married to...
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with president obama for an interview friday night. did you sense any signs of him softening? >> no, not at all. and it really is striking just how far apart the president and john boehner are at this point. the conversation that they're having now about the debt ceiling now is very similar to the conversation that they have been having about the government shut up to o shutdown where the president says these are two things, that congress simply has to do alone. john boehner acting at the behest of a lot of the conservative members of his caucus say, hey, let's use both as opportunities to extract some kind of concession from the president, whether it's on health care, whether it's on spending of the deficit. >> bob, default more or less likely than it was a week ago? >> i never thought that default was likely. i think it's possible, but i don't think it's likely. what i think is interesting is the way this thing is being played out. and it's going further from a lot of republicans ever wanted to. the real issue, the republicans haven'
with president obama for an interview friday night. did you sense any signs of him softening? >> no, not at all. and it really is striking just how far apart the president and john boehner are at this point. the conversation that they're having now about the debt ceiling now is very similar to the conversation that they have been having about the government shut up to o shutdown where the president says these are two things, that congress simply has to do alone. john boehner acting at the...
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down the government. i mean, that's a suicidal mission. >> david ignatius, from the fight over obama care and the budget to foreign affairs, which is in part about dealing with the ruptures in e e e jupt, the war in syria, and russia is a partner. here the president this week talking about vladimir putin as the bored kid in the back of the classroom. a ruptured relationship with russia, as well, and the debate over nsa. >> here was the president making wisecracks about the leader of a major country, calling him a slouch in his posture. >> is there a strategy is the question. is there a big strategy? >> i think the strategy here is the russians signaled, according to people in the white house, that they were going to find some accommodation that would get edward snowden out of moscow. the u.s. was led to believe that, and then suddenly that changed, and that upset people. i think that obama's challenge -- because he has some big foreign policy issues coming at him -- is to keep momentum, and he's trying to
down the government. i mean, that's a suicidal mission. >> david ignatius, from the fight over obama care and the budget to foreign affairs, which is in part about dealing with the ruptures in e e e jupt, the war in syria, and russia is a partner. here the president this week talking about vladimir putin as the bored kid in the back of the classroom. a ruptured relationship with russia, as well, and the debate over nsa. >> here was the president making wisecracks about the leader of...
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president obama ripped into the latest republican play yesterday. take a listen. >> had never seen in the history of the united states the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling being used to extort a president or a governing party and trying to force issues that had nothing to do with the budget and had nothing to do with the debt. >> there you have it. let's go straight to new york democratic congressman charles rangel and he sits on the house, ways and means committee. representative, always good to see you here. as you well know, you've been around those halls a long time here and one might ask why are folks on your side of the aisle now causing what's happening right now basically crazy town. >> because it just doesn't make any sense. i -- we are not going close on the government. i wish i was a fly on the wall when these republicans get together, but what they have done because of their madness in opposition to national health is to put this as a poison pill as to whether or not the president of the united states can tell t
president obama ripped into the latest republican play yesterday. take a listen. >> had never seen in the history of the united states the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt ceiling being used to extort a president or a governing party and trying to force issues that had nothing to do with the budget and had nothing to do with the debt. >> there you have it. let's go straight to new york democratic congressman charles rangel and he sits on the house, ways and means...
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will double down on proposals that he's supported since taking office with the hope that this time the appetite on the hill is a little more hungry for change. >> what has been absent in the time he's put those principles forward has been the willingness by republicans to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform and what he hopes is that dynamic has changed. >> joining me now from the white house, white house correspondent, kristin welker, the president expected to give us the contours of a plan tuesday in las vegas. at this point do we have any idea what it will look like? >> craig, good afternoon. i think you will hear president obama unveil his vision for comprehensive immigration reform and i don't think it will be widely different from what he's talked about. in the past, remember, this is something he's been talking about since 2008 when he first ran for president. now it looks like he may have more support after they lost the latino vote so largely during the 2012 race so in terms of what it may look like, some of what he's talked about before includes strengthening se
will double down on proposals that he's supported since taking office with the hope that this time the appetite on the hill is a little more hungry for change. >> what has been absent in the time he's put those principles forward has been the willingness by republicans to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform and what he hopes is that dynamic has changed. >> joining me now from the white house, white house correspondent, kristin welker, the president expected to give us...
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even shutting the government down, risking default on our nation's debt, the republicans in spite of that are not able to change americans' opinion that health care is a right in this country and not a privilege. and you know what, i think today's election in virginia, which ken cuccinelli, the tea party republican nominee, has literally made an issue of that this is a referendum in virginia on whether or not virginians like obama care and want it to be implemented. he's said they should vote for terry mcauliffe if they do. or if they don't like it, they should vote for him. i think terry mcauliffe is clearly going to win today so that will be just another example, an electoral example, just like last year's presidential election when president obama was re-elected overwhelmingly on whether or not americans believe they should implement the affordable care act. >> there's another issue and that's the president's keep your plan pledge. it has infuriated a lot of the 3% or so of americans who actually can't do that and frankly has upset a lot of other people who felt they were misled.
even shutting the government down, risking default on our nation's debt, the republicans in spite of that are not able to change americans' opinion that health care is a right in this country and not a privilege. and you know what, i think today's election in virginia, which ken cuccinelli, the tea party republican nominee, has literally made an issue of that this is a referendum in virginia on whether or not virginians like obama care and want it to be implemented. he's said they should vote...
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president obama sat down, page and protection act into law and health care reform was done. when we look at deficit reduction, it's four or five deals, each one in endless, horrible slog through the d.c. marshes. in the second term the two things we are going to see, it does not look like we are going to see much more on jobs. the white house is not fighting hard. they have not made infrastructure a condition of moving forward. we got $600 billion in the fiscal cliff. republicans are going to make a decision to include revenues or whether or not they are going to make a decision that is better to do no more reduction over the second term. if it is what it takes to keep the president from getting more tax revenues. >> let me ask this. what i hear you saying is deficit reduction. it seems as though we have a president who is legitimately a deficit hawk. he believes the deficit is a problem and deficit reduction is a priority. when you look at the approval rate of americans on handling of the economy, it's split half and half with support for the president and 49% versus 48% di
president obama sat down, page and protection act into law and health care reform was done. when we look at deficit reduction, it's four or five deals, each one in endless, horrible slog through the d.c. marshes. in the second term the two things we are going to see, it does not look like we are going to see much more on jobs. the white house is not fighting hard. they have not made infrastructure a condition of moving forward. we got $600 billion in the fiscal cliff. republicans are going to...
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if harry reid kills that, harry reid is responsible for shutting down the government. he should listen to the american people, open the government, fund the government, but don't fund obama care because it's hurting the american people. it's not working. >> rhode island congressman david cicillini back with us. i'm sure that you know the president called speaker boehner over the weekend and said, look, i'm not negotiating over raising the debt ceiling. what do you think is going to happen here? what are the odds that there's a government shutdown? >> well, i mean i'm hoping at the very end that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle in the house will come to their census and realize we've got to keep the government open. but there's a small faction within the republican caucus in the house led boy the tea party that has made it clear they are prepared to shut down the government unless they get 100% of what they want, which is the defunding of obama care. and there's a civil war going on between these two factions in the republican party. and it's hard to know ki
if harry reid kills that, harry reid is responsible for shutting down the government. he should listen to the american people, open the government, fund the government, but don't fund obama care because it's hurting the american people. it's not working. >> rhode island congressman david cicillini back with us. i'm sure that you know the president called speaker boehner over the weekend and said, look, i'm not negotiating over raising the debt ceiling. what do you think is going to happen...
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this would be the first cabinet-level appointment -- nomination by president obama that is in serious, serious trouble of not moving forward to that cabinet nomination, i want to play what mr. brennan said defending drones, april 30th, 2012. let me play it, please. >> targeted strikes come form to the principle of humanity which requires us to use weapons that will not inflict unnecessary suffering. for all these reasons, i suggest to you that these targeted strikes against al qaeda terrorists are indeed ethical and just. >> if that is the answer we hear today from mr. brennan, what would your response be? >> well, look. every american deserves to see what the rules are. if we are saying we comply with the rule of law and the president said in the inauguration speech, people should know what the law is and the rules and law is hidden and just a tip of the iceberg they're looking at the justice department opinion. mr. brennan has put together an entire playbook and sounds like a video game and an entire playbook on when drones can be used and when they cannot be used and how the killin
this would be the first cabinet-level appointment -- nomination by president obama that is in serious, serious trouble of not moving forward to that cabinet nomination, i want to play what mr. brennan said defending drones, april 30th, 2012. let me play it, please. >> targeted strikes come form to the principle of humanity which requires us to use weapons that will not inflict unnecessary suffering. for all these reasons, i suggest to you that these targeted strikes against al qaeda...
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coming up, "news nation," it is the second highest court in the land and today president obama is calling on senate to confirm three lawyers he is nominating to the federal appeals court in washington. >>> there's no reason, aside from politics, for republicans to block these individuals from getting an up or down vote. >> it is safe to say the fight is on. plus, more than 150 demonstrators arrested outside the north carolina general assembly continuing the naacp's moral monday fight against what they call the extreme agenda of the state's republican leadership. >>> the world gets its first close-up view of the double amputee olympian of oscar pistorius. pistorius back in court today showing little emotion and we'll have more details of what happened. so many of you have already joining us with your thoughts on chris christie. let us know what you think. twitter me @tamronhall and atnewsnation and let us know on the irs today. what do you think? that's great. it won't take long, will it? no. okay. this, won't take long will it? no, not at all. how many of these can we do on our budget? mo
coming up, "news nation," it is the second highest court in the land and today president obama is calling on senate to confirm three lawyers he is nominating to the federal appeals court in washington. >>> there's no reason, aside from politics, for republicans to block these individuals from getting an up or down vote. >> it is safe to say the fight is on. plus, more than 150 demonstrators arrested outside the north carolina general assembly continuing the naacp's...
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if president obama was following that money directly to poor people, i'm down with it. it's not happening. >> that would be the argument, though, fred. that's the argument, which is that this is not an organize that's going to be beholden to the interests of the wealthy, but is, in fact, fighting for the poor and the working class. >> look, bill burton left out the fact that health care reform passed and it passed because a lot of money was spent by a lot of outside groups to support health care reform. this is different. this is an outside group that for all practical purposes is an arm of the presidency. let me get back to the so far nondebate with governor rendell. governor rendell will remember a man by the name of senator russell long, a very wise and powerful senator in washington. he once said in simple terms the difference between a large campaign contribution and a bribe is a hairline's difference. now, if the supreme court makes the wrong decision in the mchutchin case, a president, a majority leader, a speaker of the house will be able to directly solicit che
if president obama was following that money directly to poor people, i'm down with it. it's not happening. >> that would be the argument, though, fred. that's the argument, which is that this is not an organize that's going to be beholden to the interests of the wealthy, but is, in fact, fighting for the poor and the working class. >> look, bill burton left out the fact that health care reform passed and it passed because a lot of money was spent by a lot of outside groups to...
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they were asked to strike down section three of the marriage act. the act defined marriage as between one man and one woman. section three denies the benefits to sake-excouples. the significance is huge. it's the first time a u.s. president weighed in in support of same-sex marriage in a supreme court. in this case, the united states versus windsor is heard thursday, march, 27. hol lynns worth v. perry, a link that california's prop 8 which created a state amendment prohibiting marriage was unconstitutional because it takes away rights for same-sex couples. we don't know how to court will rule, one thing is certain, march will be an important month on the road to marriage equality. this is your road house. let's start with the prop 8 case. what are the arguments here? >> basically, it's a right to marry argument and equal protection argument. the court will likely go with the equal protection argument. it gives it more options. essentially, i don't want to see it as either zero states or 50 states. a one state proceed ural says you are not the right
they were asked to strike down section three of the marriage act. the act defined marriage as between one man and one woman. section three denies the benefits to sake-excouples. the significance is huge. it's the first time a u.s. president weighed in in support of same-sex marriage in a supreme court. in this case, the united states versus windsor is heard thursday, march, 27. hol lynns worth v. perry, a link that california's prop 8 which created a state amendment prohibiting marriage was...
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you don't have to shut it down to repeal and replace obama care. we should be fighting to defund it. the reality is let's have that debate. i don't think republicans should be negotiating with ourselves and saying we're not going to do this or that. look at every option to get rid of obama care. >> i just have a few seconds left. first indian american governor, a picture of you going to disney land, where else, as a kid. your american dream has been realized. what does it mean to you as a newer generation of politician? >> you know, it's amazing. my dad's here in the audience, one of nine kids, only one that got past the fifth grade, came here with his pregnant wife. what's amazing to me is he had the confidence, didn't know anybody, went through the yellow pages, calling people, had the confidence he could get a job. he has an accent, not a southern accent. he has an accent. it's amazing to me, he's lived the american dream. i want my children to have those same opportunities. this is the greatest country in the history of the world. >> governor j
you don't have to shut it down to repeal and replace obama care. we should be fighting to defund it. the reality is let's have that debate. i don't think republicans should be negotiating with ourselves and saying we're not going to do this or that. look at every option to get rid of obama care. >> i just have a few seconds left. first indian american governor, a picture of you going to disney land, where else, as a kid. your american dream has been realized. what does it mean to you as a...
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we're doing this because barack obama won an election and got overwhelming support for latinos. and republicans looked at the latino numbers and a lot of them are saying we can't be stuck in this position if we're to win an election another day. now, i do think there are republicans who have been serious about this. john mccain is actually one of them with a very brief detour during the 2008 campaign. but you're right. we're also doing this because this is the right thing. and it's one of the things mccain said that day, which is really powerful, where he said these are folks we have come into our country to do work for the country, for the rest of us. we have created the conditions in which they came in here. shouldn't they have equal rights to citizenship? and i got to say, one of the things that heartens me about the debate so far is i was worried that we were going to have a big fight over whether we create a whole class of people who would be resident noncitizens, people without citizenship rights. >> yeah. >> and so far the republicans aren't doing that. and i take that as
we're doing this because barack obama won an election and got overwhelming support for latinos. and republicans looked at the latino numbers and a lot of them are saying we can't be stuck in this position if we're to win an election another day. now, i do think there are republicans who have been serious about this. john mccain is actually one of them with a very brief detour during the 2008 campaign. but you're right. we're also doing this because this is the right thing. and it's one of the...
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president obama and secretary clinton will be sitting down with steve kroft from "60 minutes." this is interesting, because it will be their first joint interview. it will air, of course, on sunday. of course, you can expect the two of them to get a range of questions, particularly about benghazi. and we also expect there to be some reflection about secretary clinton's tenure as secretary of state. of course, she's the most traveled secretary of state. so a lot to talk about during that interview. >> and, obviously, president obama, the first thing he did after being inaugurated was push forward the nominations for treasury and state. and obviously, john kerry had his first appearance before a senate panel yesterday, getting some tough questions about benghazi as hillary clinton did this week as well. >> reporter: he was, luke. and by all accounts, senator kerry's nomination is really expected to sail through. everyone expects him to be confirmed. but what happened yesterday is that he got some tough questions about secretary clinton's testimony a day earlier on benghazi. what
president obama and secretary clinton will be sitting down with steve kroft from "60 minutes." this is interesting, because it will be their first joint interview. it will air, of course, on sunday. of course, you can expect the two of them to get a range of questions, particularly about benghazi. and we also expect there to be some reflection about secretary clinton's tenure as secretary of state. of course, she's the most traveled secretary of state. so a lot to talk about during...
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but i think in conventional terms, they would have been better off to try to hold his margin down. >> yeah, that bind there you talk about is kind of interesting, because, sure, they want -- from the christie standpoint, they want to get the margin up as high as possible. but, hey, if barack obama happened to come into the state and trash chris christie and say, vote for the democrat, that might help chris christie. that's the bind that chris christie is in. e.j. dionne, thanks for joining us. you'd probably rather be talking about the red sox. >> we should welcome some viewers back to the show. >> thank you, e.j. dionne for joining us. >>> why the red state of georgia could help democrats coming up in 2014. that's coming up. >>> in the battle to hold on to their senate majority next year, salvation for democrats might come from a very unlikely place, the red state of georgia. to understand why, let's back up to 2008, which was, to put it mildly, a very first handily election cycle for democrats. barack obama was elected with the largest share of the popular vote since any candidate s
but i think in conventional terms, they would have been better off to try to hold his margin down. >> yeah, that bind there you talk about is kind of interesting, because, sure, they want -- from the christie standpoint, they want to get the margin up as high as possible. but, hey, if barack obama happened to come into the state and trash chris christie and say, vote for the democrat, that might help chris christie. that's the bind that chris christie is in. e.j. dionne, thanks for...
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voters, like it's just this sort of monolithic block but we can see clear divisions when you break down the vote by region, in the south particularly in the deep south, president obama's approval rating will drop like 20% or something like that. i think he got 10% of the vote in mississippi last year, 10% of the white vote. by age, younger whites a lot more friendly to president obama than older whites. by college degree status. there are lots of divisions here. so, it's really pockets of resentment we're talking about among white voters towards obama. >> that's absolutely right. in the deep south basically obama got maybe 10% to 20% of the white vote in all these states. then as you leave the south, the white vote grows until you get to the northeast where he's winning a majority. midwest, where he's winning a large majority. the west coast, winning a large majority again. one of the clearest ways to figure out someone's views on the welfare state on redistribution to the poor is just to ask them their racial views. it's a consistent finding of political scientists, which i think point
voters, like it's just this sort of monolithic block but we can see clear divisions when you break down the vote by region, in the south particularly in the deep south, president obama's approval rating will drop like 20% or something like that. i think he got 10% of the vote in mississippi last year, 10% of the white vote. by age, younger whites a lot more friendly to president obama than older whites. by college degree status. there are lots of divisions here. so, it's really pockets of...
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in funds that were attached to the affordable care act but not part of obama care. they were just in the same bill to get funded. and that money would have helped people transition out of nursing homes and be able to be cared for in their own homes with their kids, their parents or elderly people with their children. and scott said no way, and the legislature also said we're not taking it because they perceived it to be as part of the affordable care act. >> so when you look at florida, is it fair to use it as a case study for the tea party system or were there other factors here as well? >> i think it's a fair case. i mean, florida has been a fairly republican and conservative state for a while. but in 2010, they elected scott and they also had a super majority of republicans in the state legislature that gave them quite a bit of control. and there are a lot of people in the legislature who were aligned with the tea party. it's one of a few states in the country where they've really followed through on a lot of those promises to cut spending, cut taxes, and to try
in funds that were attached to the affordable care act but not part of obama care. they were just in the same bill to get funded. and that money would have helped people transition out of nursing homes and be able to be cared for in their own homes with their kids, their parents or elderly people with their children. and scott said no way, and the legislature also said we're not taking it because they perceived it to be as part of the affordable care act. >> so when you look at florida,...
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one day he goes out and says, let's talk about shutting down the government and defunding obama care. crazy talk. goes to a town hall and he panneders like there is no tomorrow. that's what this is. he knows there is no grounds. maybe he feels insecure. maybe he wants to get out of town hall in one piece. but he knows, being medically trained, this is crazy. there is no basis to even use the word impeachment. why would he feel that vulnerable? what in his voting record, never mind what he says on tv, what in his voting record would make him vulnerable, answer nothing. >> there are legitimate criticisms that can be levied on obama, right? you can have legitimate concerns about the policies that he's enacting or not enacting but they go all the way out here and negates their credibility. >> what happened to the i disagree with you phase goes all the way straight to the impeachment phase. it is crazy talk. i wonder if it's, you know, what's in coburn's record, i wonder if it's something he's planning to do. maybe it's -- >> immigration reform. what is it? >> immigration reform, not votin
one day he goes out and says, let's talk about shutting down the government and defunding obama care. crazy talk. goes to a town hall and he panneders like there is no tomorrow. that's what this is. he knows there is no grounds. maybe he feels insecure. maybe he wants to get out of town hall in one piece. but he knows, being medically trained, this is crazy. there is no basis to even use the word impeachment. why would he feel that vulnerable? what in his voting record, never mind what he says...
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yesterday president obama was talking about early child care. what message are we sending to young people in america when your school doesn't get fully resourced, when we have a political party that attacks teachers, that finds problems with public education instead of mending the fences and realizing that every child in america has the potential to learn if we are the professionals and make sure that the schools are resourced. >> of course, public education has been the engine for social mobility in america. without it there is no possibility of moving. >> the main thing here is that we need to send a message to the next generation that this fight is not over, that income and equality and equality in schools still has to be achieved because that is the key to closing the gap. you're not going to close the gap overnight when it comes to income and equality. >> hold for me just one moment. murley evers is addressing the crowd now, the widow of medgar evers. >> unfortunately for me i was unable to make the first march on washington and i never rea
yesterday president obama was talking about early child care. what message are we sending to young people in america when your school doesn't get fully resourced, when we have a political party that attacks teachers, that finds problems with public education instead of mending the fences and realizing that every child in america has the potential to learn if we are the professionals and make sure that the schools are resourced. >> of course, public education has been the engine for social...